68 lines
2.2 KiB
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68 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
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## If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?
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###### 1
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"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
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###### 2
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Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not stand.
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###### 3
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You also open Your eyes on him And bring me into judgment with Yourself.
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###### 4
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Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
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###### 5
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Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
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###### 6
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Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease _from toil_, Until he accepts his day like a hired man.
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###### 7
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"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will change back _sprouting_ again, And its shoots will not cease.
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###### 8
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Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,
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###### 9
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At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
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###### 10
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But man dies and lies prostrate. Man breathes his last, and where is he?
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###### 11
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_As_ water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
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###### 12
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So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
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###### 13
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"Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol, That You would hide me until Your anger returns _to You_, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
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###### 14
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If a man dies, will he live _again_? All the days of my labor I will wait Until my change comes.
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###### 15
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You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
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###### 16
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For now You number my steps, You do not keep watch over my sin.
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###### 17
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover up my iniquity.
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###### 18
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"But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
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###### 19
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Water wears away stones; Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You make man's hope perish.
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###### 20
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You forever overpower him and he goes _away_; _You_ alter his appearance and send him away.
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###### 21
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His sons achieve honor, but he does not know _it_; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
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###### 22
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But his flesh pains him, And he mourns only for himself."
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